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(No Model.)

W. H. MOORE.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 341,158. Patented May 4, 1886.

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ATTORNEYS.

PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM HENRY MOORE, OF ELSIE,

MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND IVALTER SCOTT MOORE, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

fiPE-CIPIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,158, dated May 4,1886.

Application filed November 10, 1885. Serial No. 182,344. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY MOORE, of Elsie, in the county ofClinton and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedOar-Coupling, of which the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and thenpointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, -forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of my improved car-coupling coupled.Fig. 2 isasimilar view uncoupled. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view ofthe same on thelinezv 00, Fig. 2.

The draw-head A is provided in its outer end with the opening B, throughwhich the link O can be .passed into the draw-head, and which leads intothe cavity D in the draw head, in the bottom of which cavity the recessE is formed. I

In the cavity D the couplinghook F is pivoted to swing vertically, theprong of the said hook being at the front end of the draw-head.

The spring G, secured in the draw-head, rests on the hook F and pressesthe same downward.

The shaft H is journaled transversely in the draw-head, extends to thesides of the car, and is provided at the end with the handles I, and inthe recess E the cam J is mounted on the said shaft, the cam being belowthe couplinghook F. In the bottom of the opening B the notch or recess Lis formed for receiving" the end of the prong of the coupling-hook F. 1

\Vhen the cam J is swung down, the cars can be coupled. The enteringlink O strikes the beveled end of the coupling-hook F and swings thesame upward until the inner end of the said link has passed the prong ofthe coupling-hook, when said hook is forced down by the spring G, theprong of the hook passes through the link, and the link is thus coupled.

To nncouple, the shaft H is turned in such a manner as to swing the camJ upwardand cause it to raise the coupling-hook F.

When the draw-head is to be so adjusted U that it cannot couple, the camJ is swung up to hold the coupling-hook raised and prevent the springfrom forcing it down.

When the coupling-hook is lowered the end of its prong rests in therecess or notch L, thus preventing the link from sliding outunder theprong of the hook.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

VILLIAllI HENRY MOORE.

lVitnesses:

CHAS. CLEMENT, CHARLES EDDY.

